Evansville’s Lydia Eager is only a junior, but she is well known by Rock Valley girls soccer coaches.

“She just plays on an entirely different level,” said her coach Kendall Buttchen.

The Rock Valley coaches, who voted Eager the Player of the Year, supported that.

Eager was a midfielder for a Blue Devil team that went 5-1-1 in the Rock Valley to finish second behind Walworth Big Foot/Williams Bay (6-1).

Eager had 15 goals and four assists, along with 132 steals this season. Eager had a hat trick against Dodgeville and scored two goals in four other matches.

“Her speed with the ball, along with her vision, makes her a tremendous talent,” Buttchen said. “Every goal we scored this year went through her in some way.”

Joining Eager on the first team are Evansville teammates Emily Schlangen, Simone Hamby and Rachel Carlson.

Schlangen and Hamby played side-by-side at forward.

“Both Emily and Simone have great foot skills, which gives them the ability to score anywhere around the goal,” Buttchen said. “They’ve developed great chemistry.”

Schlangen had nine goals and 10 assists, while Hamby had 10 goals and six assists this season.

“Emily has another gear,” Buttchen said. “She can just accelerate, which allows her to separate from her defender.”

Hamby was voted the most improved player by her teammates and was the senior class salutatorian.

Carlson served as the Blue Devils’ co-captain the past two seasons. Buttchen said she was an inspiration to her teammates by playing this season with a knee injury that needed treatment after school just so she could play and practice.

“Her perseverance was contagious for the rest of the team,” Buttchen said.